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14 LIBERT V AND UNION NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND INS EI' ARABLE."

Volume IV. Number 28.

C 11 A V F OUDSV1LLE, INDIANA, DECEMBER 5, 1835

Whole Number 181

DELIVERED BEFORE THE WESTERN LITERARY SOCIETY, OF WA BASH COLLEGE, ON THE EVENING OF THE 29TH SEPTEMBER, 1035:

BY HENRY S. LANE, ESQ

, States.

the resu t 01 one s nine uoi 01 wise- n.Timuuu, ...-v..,. , . i Tiiov iiiv uouii u. fc i, , ,ir nr thpir revoution. i he

'education will not be worth one hundrea dollars to bin,, nay not - 7 3 do 3 iVan v co t against Spain, and we against Great Britian : ; in thc course of his whole life? for education, once ; by u "Cisal cduc.v t o Vi:, and what was the result? True, they arose, and in th-

1 obtained, is rarely lost. 'Tis not like wealth, lor which J it-itizcus. They either strength and fury of mad men, they burst the chain

we anxiously toil tor years, ami wnen v,. - . . impulse to the energies of a people, or which so loug had bound them; oui mey

led it, it will make to itself wings and flee away. I.d-

ni-nsnrntv or adversity oi us cu.zeus. x uu tunci oiiv,..j,...u.m . . .. 7S v a healthy imnulseJto the energies of a people, or which so loug had bound them ; but they had not tlv thev c nple and paralyze their edbrts at advancement, virtue and intelligence which fit men for self goveinthev cnpp.c anu au . ... 4- t t. r,n,l tlipv iirfl now fast relapsing into a stateo.

Tlir nnnrniirP Ol OUI" l'U CIS IS il SUU tXl -'i nvi utm ...v...., ....v.. ....- - i w i lie ignoiance oi oui , -,1 , .. ;r nn h n. than that lrom which they

oTbgu Tand heavenly destiny; they arc ignorant of tune, of science shaUlmoa wiu have good laws, and consc space, distance, and so forth. The infant grasp,, with g'o ot those w ho a e no g. op. g the v i J men a . , ospc,0us, powerful, and happy eLal'cagerness, after the glorious luminary ol day, as and into lectim darkness the -end w ill sUnd aston I J. m

he wings his flaming course through the l.e.ds ol e.her, 1 - V "loft to themselves would have believe will not be sanctioned by their co., .uu , l.; carlh can bind down th, mighty enerand the feeble taper which lights up his midnight cham-, and I- u.tons, w ho I e it to th, eUc. w ou a c .r d havc lho wisest legislators who ex el , hat , ou o o n ca . of -,avei v berIf the present were the only state of being man- been a disgrace io the 1 k ! assembled in the world, it would profit little it the, g - of c . who feel that they ar kind should ever have, it would yet remain an object . Let us look, io a ) ( f h.n - n ! constituents were blinded by ignorance, by pass.on, o. o ; n n .c M t oo u

iprOVeillClHS HI U1U vai.vu, r,lm . . it -...I, Tl. rr-nins mil MHilt Ol OUI' TOVCUI- ;

;.. nniwTin.Mi i i,Mn i improvements in the anous

ot vast importance so w v UnVvv! . with;n lhe last few centuries

that they could right y uiscnargc a , uicnou , :..'fh;lt mn,-0 has bee

to themselves, their lamme:

1 hesitatcj by prejudice. The genius and vpirit

hai ae all their obligations knowledge, within the last tew centuries, ta e j ; ? of h ortanco ;hat uU ,,l ,hoi,,.,nt,-v: but; not to say, that more has been done to advance the , n c u i NV0 ate all, trom

"he. we iec U at man U"a immiVmi mind to ed-1 cause of science and to moleoratc the o " - t ; -caIlod on l0eXercise the right j Neither tor eternal happiness or endless misery-- tiT no Wat' end1. ! of sum-age; and, in order F,---,,

a mind which will survive lho wreck ami rum Clara-- "-..:.,..,....:. - ai,i,i. ; thincs arc rcquis.lc v.riuo uuu ,:, ti, rit)

J crthly .hhwhich shall live loug aljcr ,l,c j cause of knowl- also"be called o .ill .ho iMghcj, - J t n.al.huue wi.l, regard ,o U.e o.hcr nation, ,) i,.k;m,i iiim nn, desires ot earth shall "c ancients na. oouc muv. Lr.hn noon e. however humble oui condition maj uc. 0 .vBA..MnmPiit nresents

llwimS - " , , , .... .,..i (Nl.rr.who. ask. who is well mlormcd on me buojeei, i, i ;

- ' ' ... i .: i pnpp. i no ."real i uui

'Shall nature bind to earth's diurnal span The fire of God the immortal soul of man?" 1 the hones of the future

iates occub o, pttuiiui

IlCV-Ull " I . i .p,1 aw.iv n mind which shall exist coeval

with the seraphim and cherubim, and all the loltiesl intelligences who surround the burning throne of the Eternal One. it then becomes an object of thrilling and peculiar interest. To this subject I would direct your

attention for a few moments.

thr inimovements ot modern time for

all the boasted liiht which antiquity sheds on the pathway of the modern student? What could antiquity give us "in the stead of the compass, gunpowder, paper,

prtntma, engraving, the wno.e departments ui na in

tention for a few moments i ti'm.m si-siom of military tactics by land and

I am aware that education has ong oc c . cm j - , commerco, the works of NVwton and ;ng theme for colleg.a e exerc ipU. political economy and banking, anatomy, sur- :... t-,f T nm nT5Sll (k1 that W H II oil ll win lv. v, i i - l,,.i,.- tlwr.

iciivjii , - . i...'.v(,v rheiinstrv. ciectricitv, niamiousm, ii'- u'-:.,i..o-t iiiiLn-tniiiv mi t hat accou lit. Our fc-j - . . , .... .ki.,.

tirviio. oi us iiucnoi 'i rv" ... ... i ,r,.-..1.m.i1.iii. sniii. asi . a mm.

. ! .1 .... . wrti. rv :i i ai iu u. ri...uuiv.ii 7 .

er

form of government and our libera, am . lit tt e, system of theo'.Oviv ? I answer, without the institutions, are happilv adapted, and pecuhan n tec , . aud UUc, con;i.aJlcwl,. nothing which would to advance the moral, physical, and nite.leclual cond - j c T of .iuting, ticn of man.-We fmd, by a reterence to the : lus tor ol , tmva,.ds thc impi.0vement of man. past ages, that liberty and learning have flounced to-onc, a nicans TClheiUiat thc republics ot ancient and modem t n e U m .up whcn a of Save been alike devoted to the rights ot man am the cd anchor cf our hopes and our cause of science. Education has ever lH.en mo.t gh-, I c JO the U ly prized in republics, or in limited otYom a knowledge of its divine precepts, the people en oyed a portion ot lreeaom. L ook to ( " j no. a copv of thc Hible cost more EzyvU the cradle of the arts and sciences when she , hsc a fann which would support was ruled by monarch who were f! jl 1 The art of printing has teen the means ng. Visit the consecrated rums ol classic c) ! ,VpXrv n- a -rent many valuable works, which othask thc genius of history when was the time ol hei o tp c,c m becn K;st lo xvorlJ; it has bro't greatest wealth and power?-when was the period o , - ;c o aK a ;sltcrchaniIC of iJcas a;nung learned Lr greatest glorv and st rengtb?-wben was world, which has done

of her greatest nationa. ana iuum ...ua. r- - - ; f seience than every other means nnswerVill be-yea, must W-u was - jlU has also siven a rational amusement to had attained to their greatest pertcction m he ,a a. d - - ,Vo.n many of the vices fences. What is the sad story which luster tel. o. . n n -c nlln,,. thov would be addicled: tor

Rome-the eternal city-tho oud m.siivs ot am,-i . , ;si auy thiug ofaculti-

v-the scat of learning, ot powc- .t..a , t - , w,;o xvouunot nre.er the companionship o

OUltV' IUC- SVJiVl c- i - , liberty was exiled, and learning fled trom thc ainwe of slavery. So long as the citizens of Rome were vucu iac ?.. , . ivo,. nrmo-rrc victorious and her

wer was unshaken; but when the arts and sciences:

lllv.lv. "I V IV. . . v. .. t - v.-. V. . ,v i I,., won . I not nre.er the companionship ot

distinguished authors to the haunts of dissipation ami . "ri,., .,,.,v!;..nt;,m nfitp.-im to the propulsion ot

boats has, within a few years, more than doubled the

power was unshaken; bu when the a r ana - Mississippi valley. Look to the were no Ion -or suceessiuiiy cultivated, and lu.w u had, w C(V1,,rv six y years ago. It was then snrned the place of strength and intrepidity, her ca- coddition o, f . 0 racific XXeul emblem of the better d,ysof Rome whu ; , - J " 1 and from the Gulf of had waved in triumph over the conquered ( d, ; t he silvCry lakes of the north was the undis-

rv,v,r.v., - ;,.,, i;.ltr 1HCvsitv. ttheearth. i he example oi uui Huv.i.. 1 ence, the great importance, the immediate uccssitx, . canacitV lor self-

of being well informed. A o o ..era- -S,, political and moral ,le; tive governments of Orccce, ciivm ,1 , lol .and, and , rcprCscnted by the solitary eagle, perched Switzerland is ot great imp, ta. ee o tl e Am, aa n , 1 MI11C snow-capped mojintaineitizen. The Amphyetyon.c com c, 1 , i t , .c c , U n Jf avalanchc ftnd thc ho looks a representation ot twelve f 1 in calm security on the storms which convulse haps, to our lathers their hrst idea ot U1 , ; . M-orjd beneath him. The friends of liberty, m confederacy. Many valuable hints were u-ob- j Africa, nrc looking on with intense taincd from the CJcrmame ccntedei acv , the llc Uct.c , , gloriousexpenme.it now the Uanseatie, and the Dutch republics; and in order . J lo haW we be to them the bright to a correct understanding of ou r gove, nmcnt, the go- fco coimti o ghftU nius and spirit of our ni"lltr:u" o p ; en the ? Vitter sJcnco with the beams of heavenly acquaintance with the historj ot mode n L.uiopc i at herald to them the melancholy insolutely neeessary-and more espeeia y he his orj o , n 'that ilavcry is their inheritance, and their England: for we can never underhand the ji iKpiu , , (i? deuce of the United States, without a freqcn ; ff j' 'of C(lucation is aji interesting one in anrenee to the history ami laws j 3 1 . S; l othcr poin of view: we have now a character to susour laws are borrowed trom England, n.nn c 1 then l!cl.xture The blood-stained fields of revoluhave been in force in that country since the time o. '' and be history of the war of 1812, of Alfred the great, with little, U ' - t'hat our hcrs were not inferior to Europeans withstanding the pcop.o ol Eng.and t.at ..iwaN. m a , , u niajruaiiimit v or patriotism, king, save the short period ot anaie hyan n iisru Ic n-. rly to knowledge our inferiorder Cromwell, yet they have do. e n u.cl I o jnlcccl, t,.ust that wo ttr0 not. anJ the hisof science, ol learning, and ol hLc, t , avc l j not Fm, althoUgh .ablished a system of laws which c a I HjLd to Europe for many of the most disder and admuat.on ot the wo. d Ja, o t he Lois , Rulho jn thc variou departments of lit--l 1"," t-irSlftS IcKUure, yet, taking our .ituation into view we bavo

ineir 01 g. p - - , , j 1 aul hors equal, U not superior, 10 . it own. - the hardy yeomanry toreed U of "vcrv ! llcck, a rvant,a Willis, an Irving, and a Cooper willing king, has become a part ol the led ei , . sm(Jent .g one of labor an, anxiety ; frecnum in Europe and A me not . 1 . . ha Ua, eo J mQre libcral y patronized pus act is yet in America, as oll a n the o. 1. , literature. lho avenues ormin-tho invincible shield to individual secuntv an ; c ca ' ofhonor or profit, seem to be shut .rsonalsafetv. To the statesman and leg.s .lator, in to l.V.pn i,v common consent : and so

whose hands Are the destinies ot nat.on,, an mu.na te - ",-fcnts c;m ko moncy so much more

fivclv free'; ,fi,c in Spi ih-v .X" I ,' dr Iv.' rule of their Jespot.c k,..?, nn,l lho xct 1..0.. ";'-' S'- : . , ,.

Greater progress in the mechanical arts, pam, uth ISumiy giatlv preferable by nature, with a clime dcwumii 6 . . - 1 , .1.1 o.i.l n :oil tbo mOSt

the most healthv ana saiuunuj, ",IV'.V . fertile, and the inexhaustible wealth ot her own mines, and he mineral wealth of her South American colonies, has, nevertheless, fallen tar in the rear ol Creat Drit an in the onward march to national wealth J vat; ,'s -nj power. This is because ignorance and suSfas a dark cloud, have brocxled over her prosLets for the last few eentur.es, and excluded light cTthe reformation from that benighted land 1 he hisTory of all past times shows that liberty and ignorance have never dwelled together. Their elements are so nac i.c s- incomreniaU that

country. Avarice,,, ru hug

breast ot man in ec i vv,.....fm thc beggar to the prince; hence, one nu

common arguments against education , tho sunnocd expense attending it. It i an ca ui. k, think f Tol ow that so far from education being exiive it is t o verv host means to enrich an .nd.v.dH or acomn unitv Education unfolds to our v.ew.he Snes of ancient knowledge; .t cnahlcs -to consult the paces of history, and see, from w hat ha happened in the history of man, what under he sa n e ,,at i -it v., strain' it rives to u me

congn ti tmrhiniT of the sages of anti-

SlS wiir the future nom the exqui , and ga I. t education we are penenoe of the past, nv ' . .. f th.

u-,, to hold communion wuu ' , .: cnablccl w noic , characters, and whose wn-

is not worth t ne f.M-u.- nrnuaiu,

aeouaintance with the social, the moral, the po .:.ca, j ''f - ';ihrr mil.suits, there will be but few who

and relisiious institutions ot tircat britian, can uui uc . . thcitiine to a life of study. We can neyof great utility. -.01-VP the ! or hope to attain to any great degree of excellence in Education is not only the Lest means to , tc.ci c tk , c scionces, so " long as there exists in this form of government under wh.ch we live, hut ; -1 a ish do'voion - wmtever is foreign in cerclv believe if is the only thing w hich can a i i , - wh;U cncour.lgcmct has native genius to fatal' niai-ch in the road h.ch has lead PbHcs to speedy rum. ( he -th o th , o Fom on cons(any b ht in, competit.on wUh Eu-

is already shown m me ...mcj 1 tP.! ropean skill, industry, and experience, auu i.i v

1 - . ... . i,,v nttprT it is ausuiu c;-

..,0 honest en erprre aim im,,..?..... - : . -

and lastins desolation. 1 he historx 01 ...c.c . .. , usurpoa thc place of the rude wigwam .1 , ntco inclusively, that know.edge is neeessar3,hh' ) ".xK..r,. tho halls of enliiihtened

norinlv iiheiuational independence of a also to their individual prosperity and w ealth La, , w worc cnkind.ed thc counc.l ires ol your eves over the map of hairope tor proot o l? - s . t 1 a n.i .0 Simiii: ill l.ll- inc . . 1 ,..iv.v v-.i,.iiT.i in our

proposition. l.ook 10 i.n?ii : 1 1 , i,.., o succeeded to the warwuoop ot mv, ...... ... -v-

,lthc noo idav s sun is now lun-ou. ... .1... i;,t., .;nrr vvi.iiosuf a thousand te.n-

iiiii' run u.f i;im-""5'v-; . . ... ,

. - 1 i-:.wt .,.1. 1 u vr 1 ou uuc.vi.i-r 1- .. . ; .1 r ,i,r iiv lioi . wnere

I - t A s II I !i 1 V III II H , l I I 1 .J 1 iltiM 1 " - , 1 1- .... I 1., I in IVMFS i I iUllllt.i' - - - 7

We tyranny of their own ignorance and prejudice. 1 o roloh, ated the impious and savage rite, . - - t. l'.ntr nn, owe her super:o..t s nut .. n.- ,.i:,p m the situation ot

wnai cirem n- . .,.,:., aiul ; of Indian utoiairj. i:, .i( xvJ,,,

m-ne Snn lit )OUl)ttCSSlO lie I " MJ 'ti.v. . -. . . E .. Mi v:i OV. VOU Will ICatlMN sv.c t....,

"i .1 ivo;,..tl nrts. Snain. with , mo ."'"''i " ,1.., -,w.m n states

out the aidolthis one mm. iu ,

could not havc arrived at then p.m . md independence for centuries to come. 1 he w ci c J mo" VnHrelv shut out from the advantages ot comalmost J . . . was j)V way

1 ne roc. lieom uuui-i ...... 1 i.i., ofXr.-i.sippi river;and the time consumed, and the e xpense incurred, in transporting it to market , we re greaMhat their trade was worth to thcmsearccl a. thine; and, although their soil was extremely fe le, in their crops abundant, yet this availed them little auu u'cii civi ..... 1 io ro-odnro. The nc-

w about a maruet lor men u.rv.o v . cuniary -ain, to the western states, annual y, f. 0.11 U ineiiivention, would more than det. ay the whole cxnen-e necessary to a complete system ot education, cxpen. c ncee nnnr 'red by this invention, by

oi arc me uv.1iv.1no, . . f . ,wl .i. I.: influence is telt

.1 . ... i. in 1 ni t ."m 1 . j v. - - - -

is not far distant when we stiau j - tits from MeAdamized roads, turnpikes, and 1a luajs, comiccting the most distant P,1; er, and opening up new sources XnU of lion of our wide-spread republic. 1 he influence 01 t onot oui m u l . , r t ln enriching

S3 1Icavc th f ' ost ert c ent means of cementing the glorious union of c .tate -the joint work of our patriotic ancestors ind The impenetrable u gis they have thrown around To iii l erit ' nee of their children. Useful inventions the inhe. itancc o. u , not of icnoranec.

I are ever the resuus oi ."in-r - , . , 1 1 ir U would not Ih thouclit invidious I think 1 could I If H would 1101 l"" u; confedera-

show,conclusivclv,that in nose m- j vstcrC(, rv where cducat on has l)een most libciaity loslC1' cj,m cu. iv- , linnroVement

vwWch .le Hcdgcu hcrseirto into a icw e..i 1 ;..imvpmrnt.pnvc

1 it io cln.u-n with coual certainty in

rv of modern times. hat was ., hut prejud. a d inoiaiice, that curbed the nughtv spin ot re . u lu . in l m-land, after Charles was beheaded, and sullcd m .. , .1.... n.,,v,o oMirrht and liberty which arose m

IIS 1)1 II I l 111. II llvvlliv- . En-land, and w hich, if it had not been obstructed, long

ere this time, wou.ci ik, u, v . ... ,

of Europe,

.1 ..':.." ih, Inttnr? It is absurd e-

ence mvariau.u giNt ii i" - 110i."h to hear Americans giving the works of the ancicms the preference over our own ; this, however is often done, and some men consider it Imlc less than sacrilege to compare the modern pect, orator, and histo1. .Li.rnntlnnitv: but it is vet more absurd to

. ivj.i in , tiir. int nf American icn-

"clialucncJ ,l,o..0.ko$,.n..oriyr.l!..ko miin.

"l i,"'t.' .1 M.,.. v.i. l? t tho sunius. 11 11.'")" r ,. . ;. 4

rannv and oppression 111 uiu u. .(..,nf..v rrivcs yicor to intellect, and inspiration iu of liberty, wVieh arose in splendor on the la lien r uu 1., scene j nc and jittering fragments o, the hrone of f he ,a. ta 1 What country has larger lakes, more .enel, went down in darkness and in blood, du, mg t c excu mountains, more lovely casrrotectorate ofOliver Ciomwcl ;and be S;o" , irc terrible cataracts, than our own? I trust of that revolution were lost to England, and 1 o o d, cau Ml hcreafter be indebted to European 01-

simply because the people ot tnai couu,. .... , , . ,c ofour unrivaled institutions, iuelaiid intelligence rightly to app,.c.atc , UIS to rccord the deathless fame of our ances-

inresofl bertv. l he history o. i. 'u'" " '"" ' 11 sr . . 1 ... ...i.: mtc nn.l ci s ( UCl-

the throes

S vadem from the crowned head ol ro a P am J nie other thing, whichoverthrew, with irresistable sU J glh Pdo ; j ul1 -equiredf us. The laurel shall give place to empires, and governments ot the ea th- x luch Xcnd arU of pcacc succeed to fields of blood.

. t ititrnrn rim 11 1 h;ii r.

The spirit of the age is esscnuun.y - 5"" lnespno. o ,Bi;:nn. alike demand that

that revolution w Inch ensanguine 0.0 b UlcO. ici""" ji . ..,:,U tlir phifn edits

fields of Europe, Asia, and air.ca, 1 .u .... Mood of France that revolution which waved its mcutooa oi 1 ,.nnnllprP(l Europe which strctch-

tOriOUS UUIUiei v., . cd out its blood-stained arm of conquest to the MIc, and subdued the ancient dominion ofthc Phciroahs and reduced to vassalage the country of Thebes and lcxandria what benefits did it confer upon I ranee or upon mankind? It overthrew her temples of worship, mocked at her religion, and desecrated her altars. It generated a Napoleon, who ruthlessly trammed under

foot thc laws and institutions 01 r ranco.w u um

alike to the laws of-Heaven and ot can,.

reared his own tame and to rune on , - bleeding country, w ho, in the languagoof Lnn s orator. in his gloomy grandeur seemed to mocic u Slionheh&achfc Ho bound Franmcha n. of despotism more galling than tho.e fixe b Bourbons; but his star, which rc ! ' va3 Jena, and Borodino, in transcendant bull dimmed at Moscow and Waterlog r dna ,Ie. down in obscurity behind the sea boun lena, and gave peace to a deeply a 1 ited

French revolution, on tne l-b- Q swcllthetri. will seem as a grand drama, gotten up nmphs of an obscure iCorsican '. rc. What, too, is the ntstoiy ot t truclc for publics? At thc commencement ol their ttucg

The sntrit 01 me ajru i uaowi.v -7 . c , Reason philosophy, and religion, alike demand that . '.l . ...V c.iv..n mnsfiUDon earth. It is arc-

rnaru, wmciii hnvn always calleo

Sh lXS M Solution,. rmand r d The invasion of XcrS called imo being the heroes of Thermopylae : ihe 'aUemptofPhiliponthc liberties of Greece woke the bunders of Demosthenes; tfic tyrranny of Cccsar was met by the devoted patriotism of Brutus; the various revolutions of modern times have each produced their hero a Cromwell, a Bonaparte, a Washington, and a Bolivar; the oppression of Switzerland produced William Tell ; the oppression of Scotland, sir W llliam Wallace. Nor has Ireland been without her devoteu heroes in the person of her Emmet, her Sampson, am her Orr. It is now a question of fearful import, what man, or set of men, will this country produce, oqua , hnh hnsnnw arrived in this COUP.-

I SagmXncholy fact that, while some of th, "overnmcnts of Europe are making rapid strides toward national emancipation, we are going back, and osing our love of order and of peace, and trampling sacrilegiously, on the blood-bought mstitutions of ,'7b ; and mob law and brute force have become the govern-